#Voice of Toast;

[bxd-kxrma]

“Hey, what’s up! I know this is a bit late but I had some things to say to all of you.”

“2023 was probably the worst year for the mun and I. Without going into details, it was just rough. But over the last five months or so, I’ve been truly blessed with all the friends I’ve made to make the all the bad go away. Thank you all for your participation, friendship and kindness. I couldn’t be happier. This one goes out to all of you, a little tribute to the small community we made here. Now, without further ado!!”

“Wake me up!”

“Wake me up inside!” (@rising-superstars)

“I can’t wake up!” (@gravity-wall)

“Wake me up inside!” (@the-lytenye-realms)

“Save me!!” (@retour)

“Call my name and save me from the dark!” (@veiledfox) (@allelitemuses)

“Wake me up!” (@musekaiplex)

“Bid my blood to run!” (@soulsbetrayed)

"I can't wake up!" (@digitalfcte)

"Before I come undone!" (@narvvhal)

"Save me!" (@exaltatuss) (@wxndswept)

"Save me from the nothing I've become!" (@ancicntforged) (@femdeku-rp)

"Bring me too life~" (@xenia-rp)

"I've been living a lie!" (@prettyboywarrior) (@starredvisions)

"There's nothing inside!" (@tricoloredillusion) (@grayfxce)

"Bring! me! to! life!!!!" (@hxroic-wxlls)

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Thank you all for a wonderful end of 2023, you all mean the world to me. It has been a crazy year and while this post is... 9 days late, I'd like for everyone to know that I love and appreciate all your characters, ideas and constant stream of fun and creativity. Here's to a better 2024!

Special shout outs to those I didn't get icons from but still take up space in my brain factory/Who I'd like to get to know better this year. @pinklocksoflove @lawain-dimensional-heroes @vixlenxe @boomermania @alchemistdetective @house-of-tales @witness-of-fear @nobuverse @midnightactual and many many others!

[avelera]

Dungeon Meshi made me, a lifelong non-eater of breakfast, into someone who eats breakfast every day.

I’m not sure what category of film rec that counts as, but it definitely counts as one.

[toasteaa]

Sometimes I forget that Neuvillette uses a cane and then I go a little insane thinking about the way it would sound against the tiles in the Palais, the way he uses it (rarely, unless the situation truly calls for it) as a replacement for a gavel in court - something about it openly being a symbol of his authority when it's in use. Makes a little tingle go down my spine.

Accidentally pavloving yourself into having extremely indecent thoughts of what it might be like for him to be as firm and authoritative with you as he is in court whenever you see his cane between his gloved hands? Avoiding his questioning (and just a tad soft - his concern is always so subtly sweet) gaze and only getting more embarrassed when he clicks his cane lightly to get your attention? Oh...he's no idea what that does to you, does he?

[toastedclownery]

Love the irony in portal in which all the cast is insane in one way or another except for the one character who has diagnosed schizophrenia

[todayontumblr]

Thursday March 9.

Into the Berry-Verse: It's Matt Berry.

He is The Man with The Voice. Wehll have we got a post for yeou! We would love to carry off an entire introduction in the spirit of the mercurial #matt berry, but replicating his luxurious, fruity tones is an almost impossible feat, whether by text or by voice. No one has quite mastered the Fine Art of Speaking quite like Mr. Berry. He is the dashboard's very own submission for the next voice of Garfield. Or, indeed, the man who delivered possibly the finest line in television history, in the bright lights of nEwWĕ yörKę citæy. We figured we would just sit back and let the voice do the talking. 

With that, we thought this Thursday, March 9th to be a very fitting opportunity to pay tribute to one of the finest men our species has to offer. And if you need yet more #matt berry, then head over to the fandom here on Tumblr for shitposts, gifs, fanart, and, of course, excerpts of quite possibly the finest voice of our times. 

[ryn-halo26]

Yo, I think I took too many screenshots of Screwllum

@themonotonysyndrome help, I'm going insane, there's too many pretty bois in this game

[breadonthestreet]

The voices are so loud… so loud

[sunny-arts-blog]

Happy birthday, king 👑

[nadjaandlaszlo]

Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou appearing on each other’s shows <3

BONUS: Kayvan Novak also appearing on Matt’s show

[natjennie]

guz khan on taskmaster. you agree. 👍

[diseaseriddencube]

remembered that human Alastor wore glasses and I'm kinda thinking that's the fic I should write, just a serial killer going to the optometrist 😍

[bxd-kxrma]

It’s pretty easy to ship with Karma. She’s a very open and proud lover… It’s everyone else you need to worry about

[dakotabone1213]

I drew the children :3

I tried to make it more true to the game's art, I hope you like it!

[toasteaa]

Sitting in a voice chat, listening to my friends play Helldivers 2 and just vibing.

Very suddenly recognizing a voice and breaking out in a cold sweat. Going to google and praying that I'm wrong and that I'm not insane and recognizing voices from the tiniest voice clips.

Ray fucking Chase strikes again.

[humansbgone]

Just binged the whole series. It is all IMMACULATE and (among many other things about the series) your voice acting is fucking incredible!! Any tips for someone who wants to get better with doing different voices?

Aw, thank you so much!!! I really appreciate that. As for voice acting...

(Apologies in advance, I'm using my own terminology for how I think of voices here to describe as well as I can)

This will vary depending on your voice, but I find I have "speaking spaces"--high and low, front and back (feminine voices are usually more in front, masculine in back). So you've got front-high, front-low, back-high, back-low, and then up in your nose (for nasally voices). Work with kind of shifting into these five spaces, and you'll be amazed at the range you can attain! Then, just work on pitching up and down *within* those spaces, and you'll get an even greater variety.

For example, Rose, the ants, the default human, and Violet are all front-high--Rose is the lowest, default human higher, the ants are higher still, and Violet is highest. Sophodra and Commander Vera are front-low, with Vera being lower than Soph. Mundle (the fly), and Harvey (Rose's dad) are both back-high, and Gregorsa is back-low (and then I pitch him down in Audacity even more). Lieutenant Mobia is high, but kind of midway between front and back--I start front, then pull back. This avoids the vibration I usually get from starting in back. (An upcoming weevil and future mosquito will be nasal.)

And yeah, pay close attention to the vibration (that is, whether you can feel a voice really making your vocal cords reverberate)! It makes a very big difference in the way a voice sounds. Sophodra is high-low and has a lot of vibration (she's close to back); Vera is low-low and has very little vibration (closer to front). Rose, Mobia, the default human, and Violet are low vibration, the ants are medium vibration. All the back voices are high vibration.

The way your character thinks about the world also makes a huge difference. You can use what is physically the same voice and make two characters sound completely distinct. Like, what emotions a character expresses (do they seem fearful? snooty? caring?), or how fast or slow a character talks.

There's also accent. Even little regional things! Rose says "sure" quickly like "sher," but Sophodra says it more like a smooth, luxurious "shew-ore."

Finally, it's worth thinking about a character's vocabulary. Not just whether they use big or small words, but the kinds of phrases and wording that will pop to the front of a given character's head. Non-confrontational phrasing, maybe, or phrasing that gets a point across faster. What are your character's priorities when communicating? If you can tell your characters apart even when they're written down, you've got good characterization, and that will carry over to making the voices unique. (Of course, this only applies if you're also doing writing, or allowed to improvise.)

Sorry, I know that's a lot. I hope it helps!

[breadonthestreet]

Hey guys, I’m half back!

(I’m sorry I have have things to draw.. I’m pulling a @33tomatoes and building my portfolio of WIPs)

Anywho! HAVE THIS ART OF PM!!